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University of Southern California
DAILY @ TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 44
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, NOV. 14,1969
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V VT '
PROTESTERS BECOME SYMBOLIC PALLBEARERS
Vietnam moratorium marchers carry flag-draped coffins down University Avenue.
Related photos, page 7 Photo by Steve Bolinger
Students mourn Vietnam dead with funeral procession
By BOB HANDEYSIDE
Approximately 180 students marched through campus Thursday, beginning the second phase of the Vietnam Moratorium.
The march, designated as a funeral for those who have died in Vietnam, began at the Religious Center, proceeded down University Avenue to the pharmacy building and ended in Alumni Park.
Two coffins were carried during the march. One, draped with an American flag, represented American dead in Vietnam. The other represented California dead. About 250 people gathered in the park.
The protesters, walking two abreast .carried miniature American flags and black-bordered signs announcing the number of American and Vietnamese deaths in Vietnam. All of the marchers wore black armbands.
Once in Alumni Park, clergymen led the group in a reading of a litany. The marchers then planted their flags on the park grounds and joined in the singing of “The Universal Soldier,”
a popular antiwar song by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Aaron Wolf, Rev. Travis Kendall and Steve Schmidt then spoke to the crowd which had gathered at University Avenue and Childs Way. Ail three called for a united stand against present American foreign policy.
“Nixon was talking in political rather than moral terms when he said that his Vietnam policy may not be the popular way, but it was the right way,” Rev. Kendall said.
“The war must be looked at in a moral light, and in this respect President Nixon’s judgment is wrong.”
Schmidt, a member of the moratorium committee, said “We haven’t reached the ‘middle American.’ We must go out and talk to the people. We must do something about the gross inhumanity of Vietnam. We must unite against the war.” Wolf made a plea for volunteers to help canvass the Los Angeles area with antiwar leaflets and to talk with people on an individual basis.
Protesters march from Arlington cemetery
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Vietnam protesters bearing candles and the names of soldier dead filed quietly from Arlington cemetery past the White House to the foot of the U.S. Capitol Thursday to initiate a 404iour “March Against Death.”
The marchers, numbering in the thousands, passed single file and hand-in-hand along the route. There were no reports of trouble during the initial stages of the three-day antiwar showing in security-edgy Washington.
Participants in the procession opposing President Nixon’s war policy even halted for red lights at street corners.
They were led by the 23-year-old widow of a Navy iieutenant killed in Vietnam and they marched to the mournful cadence of seven drummers.
The first official activity of the demonstration began near
dusk a few hours after Nixon had paid an unexpected visit to the House and Senate to personally thank congressional supporters of his Vietnam efforts for peace with honor.
Most of the marchers were young, often bearded, but orderly.
The organizers of the protest had assigned parade marshals of their own to help avoid conflict.
The march set out from the edge of Arlington National Cemetery, crossed the Potomac to the Lincoln Memorial, then proceeded to the White House. As they reached the avenue in front of the executive mansion, the chatter of the protesters subsided.
Some of the candles lit at Arlington had blown out. Others were shielded from the November wind by antiwar pamphlets carried by the protesters.
Continued on page 7
Members of the moratorium committee invited those interested to join them Saturday in San Francisco at the protest rally that is to take place.
Comment as to the effectiveness of the marah ranged from good to bad to indifferent.
Bill Saracino, YAF spokesman, made much of the fact that only a small number of students participated.
“If this is any indication of their base strength,” said Saracino, “then we are very encouraged. We are having an effect on the people that there is another side to the Vietnam war. If there ever happened to be an honest meeting of the two sides, I am certain that there would be no question of us coming out on top.”
Most bystanders had little or no comment about the march. One spectator said that he was “just very much interested in what’s going on.” Another, an elderly man, expressed mixed feelings about student protest, and one student said that he “didn’t have the time to get involved in this sort of thing.” Mark Flegal, a graduate philosophy student, said “I’m glad that some students have finally become aware of the issues and what is at stake. I think that this puts emphasis on the issue that it’s not what will happen when we pull out, but what will happen if we stay in.” Dennis Thomson, moratorium committee member, attributed the small number of people participating in the march to a lack of curiosity.
“The time for curiosity at USC and across the nation has passed. It is now time that commitment replace curiosity in hopes that this might facilitate the bringing of our troops home,” Thomson said.
Moratorium activities will continue today with canvassing of the Los Angeles community. Students who wish to participate should meet at the Religious Center at 1 p.m.
Round-trip bus tickets to Saturday’s massive demonstration in San Francisco are on sale today in front of Tommy Trojan for S7.50. The bus is scheduled to leave the Religious Center tonight at 10 and return Sunday at 5 a.m.
Demands go to committee
By BILL DICKE Editor
The Student Activities Committee Thursday formed a special eight-man subcommittee to look into demands concerning the Homecoming incident.
The committee has an equal number of students, alumni, faculty and administrators.
It was formed in response to a request by President Topping Nov. 6.
Topping was presented Nov. 6 with five demands by the ASSC. He forwarded them to Dr. Robert Mannes, chairman of the Student Activities Committee, for action.
The members of the subcommittee are Mannes; Dr. Harold Spear, associate professor of management; Dorothy Nelson, dean of the Law Center; Dr. John Hubbard, provost and vice-president; Elaine Pappas, a junior; Roberta Carpenter, a sophomore, and George Brandow, president-elect of the General Alumni Association.
Another alumnus will be appointed after consulation with Steve Bilheimer, president of the alumni association.
The committee was undecided as to where its report will go when it is finished.
“We’ll straighten out what to do with this report,” Mannes
said.
The committee also unanimously adopted a resolution accepting a statement on student self-government within living groups “for transmission to the ASSC and the University Senate contingent to the ASSC obtaining approval of housing groups.”
The endorsement of the statement had been recommended by a subcommittee.
The statement says in part, “The university recognizes that freely accepted self-discipline by its members is the only adequate way to assure the propriety of behavior worthy of a community of scholars.”
Administrative procedures are suggested for implementing self-government.
Parent organizations—defined as the Interfraternity Council, the Men’s Halls Association, Panhellenic and the Women’s Halls Association—will be responsible for the establishment of standards.
The responsibility for establishing rules meeting these standards may be delegated to lower legislative bodies.
Regulations created by the parent organization will be registered with the office of the dean of students and shall replace previous regulations.
The regulations must conform to statutory law and cannot affect the university’s right to maintain the existing placement system for students within living groups or the right to retain necessary financial control. (The text of the statement appears on page 3.)
The motion on the statement came after a lengthy discussion and what one member termed a “clear push for power.”
Fred Minnes moved that the statement be approved and forwarded to the ASSC and the senate for appropriate action.
A motion to table the matter was made by Brandow.
The question of the committee’s position in the university hierarchy was at issue until both motions were withdrawn.
In other action, Dr. Kenneth Thompson reported on hearings of a subcommittee looking into the question of dissent at the university.
He noted that only two students and one faculty member testified at two hearings. “Total student attendance could be counted on one hand,” he said.
The activities committee also officially recognized three new organizations—the Student Mobilization Committee, the Action Coalition for Freedom, and People’s Response on a Better Environment.
The five demands which the eight-man subcommittee will consider read:
1. A clear directive be given from the president to the General Alumni Association informing them of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities and the right of student dissent.
2. A clear directive be given from the president to the Campus Police defining the policeman’s role in regards to the protection of student rights.
3. A clear directive concerning the possession of the drinking of alcoholic beverages of any kind on university property that will be applied consistently to both students and alumni.
4. These three above must all appear in the Trojan Family.
5. Establishment of a University Grievance Committee with binding authority and representation of students, faculty and administration.

University of Southern California
DAILY @ TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 44
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, NOV. 14,1969
; »
V VT '
PROTESTERS BECOME SYMBOLIC PALLBEARERS
Vietnam moratorium marchers carry flag-draped coffins down University Avenue.
Related photos, page 7 Photo by Steve Bolinger
Students mourn Vietnam dead with funeral procession
By BOB HANDEYSIDE
Approximately 180 students marched through campus Thursday, beginning the second phase of the Vietnam Moratorium.
The march, designated as a funeral for those who have died in Vietnam, began at the Religious Center, proceeded down University Avenue to the pharmacy building and ended in Alumni Park.
Two coffins were carried during the march. One, draped with an American flag, represented American dead in Vietnam. The other represented California dead. About 250 people gathered in the park.
The protesters, walking two abreast .carried miniature American flags and black-bordered signs announcing the number of American and Vietnamese deaths in Vietnam. All of the marchers wore black armbands.
Once in Alumni Park, clergymen led the group in a reading of a litany. The marchers then planted their flags on the park grounds and joined in the singing of “The Universal Soldier,”
a popular antiwar song by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Aaron Wolf, Rev. Travis Kendall and Steve Schmidt then spoke to the crowd which had gathered at University Avenue and Childs Way. Ail three called for a united stand against present American foreign policy.
“Nixon was talking in political rather than moral terms when he said that his Vietnam policy may not be the popular way, but it was the right way,” Rev. Kendall said.
“The war must be looked at in a moral light, and in this respect President Nixon’s judgment is wrong.”
Schmidt, a member of the moratorium committee, said “We haven’t reached the ‘middle American.’ We must go out and talk to the people. We must do something about the gross inhumanity of Vietnam. We must unite against the war.” Wolf made a plea for volunteers to help canvass the Los Angeles area with antiwar leaflets and to talk with people on an individual basis.
Protesters march from Arlington cemetery
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Vietnam protesters bearing candles and the names of soldier dead filed quietly from Arlington cemetery past the White House to the foot of the U.S. Capitol Thursday to initiate a 404iour “March Against Death.”
The marchers, numbering in the thousands, passed single file and hand-in-hand along the route. There were no reports of trouble during the initial stages of the three-day antiwar showing in security-edgy Washington.
Participants in the procession opposing President Nixon’s war policy even halted for red lights at street corners.
They were led by the 23-year-old widow of a Navy iieutenant killed in Vietnam and they marched to the mournful cadence of seven drummers.
The first official activity of the demonstration began near
dusk a few hours after Nixon had paid an unexpected visit to the House and Senate to personally thank congressional supporters of his Vietnam efforts for peace with honor.
Most of the marchers were young, often bearded, but orderly.
The organizers of the protest had assigned parade marshals of their own to help avoid conflict.
The march set out from the edge of Arlington National Cemetery, crossed the Potomac to the Lincoln Memorial, then proceeded to the White House. As they reached the avenue in front of the executive mansion, the chatter of the protesters subsided.
Some of the candles lit at Arlington had blown out. Others were shielded from the November wind by antiwar pamphlets carried by the protesters.
Continued on page 7
Members of the moratorium committee invited those interested to join them Saturday in San Francisco at the protest rally that is to take place.
Comment as to the effectiveness of the marah ranged from good to bad to indifferent.
Bill Saracino, YAF spokesman, made much of the fact that only a small number of students participated.
“If this is any indication of their base strength,” said Saracino, “then we are very encouraged. We are having an effect on the people that there is another side to the Vietnam war. If there ever happened to be an honest meeting of the two sides, I am certain that there would be no question of us coming out on top.”
Most bystanders had little or no comment about the march. One spectator said that he was “just very much interested in what’s going on.” Another, an elderly man, expressed mixed feelings about student protest, and one student said that he “didn’t have the time to get involved in this sort of thing.” Mark Flegal, a graduate philosophy student, said “I’m glad that some students have finally become aware of the issues and what is at stake. I think that this puts emphasis on the issue that it’s not what will happen when we pull out, but what will happen if we stay in.” Dennis Thomson, moratorium committee member, attributed the small number of people participating in the march to a lack of curiosity.
“The time for curiosity at USC and across the nation has passed. It is now time that commitment replace curiosity in hopes that this might facilitate the bringing of our troops home,” Thomson said.
Moratorium activities will continue today with canvassing of the Los Angeles community. Students who wish to participate should meet at the Religious Center at 1 p.m.
Round-trip bus tickets to Saturday’s massive demonstration in San Francisco are on sale today in front of Tommy Trojan for S7.50. The bus is scheduled to leave the Religious Center tonight at 10 and return Sunday at 5 a.m.
Demands go to committee
By BILL DICKE Editor
The Student Activities Committee Thursday formed a special eight-man subcommittee to look into demands concerning the Homecoming incident.
The committee has an equal number of students, alumni, faculty and administrators.
It was formed in response to a request by President Topping Nov. 6.
Topping was presented Nov. 6 with five demands by the ASSC. He forwarded them to Dr. Robert Mannes, chairman of the Student Activities Committee, for action.
The members of the subcommittee are Mannes; Dr. Harold Spear, associate professor of management; Dorothy Nelson, dean of the Law Center; Dr. John Hubbard, provost and vice-president; Elaine Pappas, a junior; Roberta Carpenter, a sophomore, and George Brandow, president-elect of the General Alumni Association.
Another alumnus will be appointed after consulation with Steve Bilheimer, president of the alumni association.
The committee was undecided as to where its report will go when it is finished.
“We’ll straighten out what to do with this report,” Mannes
said.
The committee also unanimously adopted a resolution accepting a statement on student self-government within living groups “for transmission to the ASSC and the University Senate contingent to the ASSC obtaining approval of housing groups.”
The endorsement of the statement had been recommended by a subcommittee.
The statement says in part, “The university recognizes that freely accepted self-discipline by its members is the only adequate way to assure the propriety of behavior worthy of a community of scholars.”
Administrative procedures are suggested for implementing self-government.
Parent organizations—defined as the Interfraternity Council, the Men’s Halls Association, Panhellenic and the Women’s Halls Association—will be responsible for the establishment of standards.
The responsibility for establishing rules meeting these standards may be delegated to lower legislative bodies.
Regulations created by the parent organization will be registered with the office of the dean of students and shall replace previous regulations.
The regulations must conform to statutory law and cannot affect the university’s right to maintain the existing placement system for students within living groups or the right to retain necessary financial control. (The text of the statement appears on page 3.)
The motion on the statement came after a lengthy discussion and what one member termed a “clear push for power.”
Fred Minnes moved that the statement be approved and forwarded to the ASSC and the senate for appropriate action.
A motion to table the matter was made by Brandow.
The question of the committee’s position in the university hierarchy was at issue until both motions were withdrawn.
In other action, Dr. Kenneth Thompson reported on hearings of a subcommittee looking into the question of dissent at the university.
He noted that only two students and one faculty member testified at two hearings. “Total student attendance could be counted on one hand,” he said.
The activities committee also officially recognized three new organizations—the Student Mobilization Committee, the Action Coalition for Freedom, and People’s Response on a Better Environment.
The five demands which the eight-man subcommittee will consider read:
1. A clear directive be given from the president to the General Alumni Association informing them of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities and the right of student dissent.
2. A clear directive be given from the president to the Campus Police defining the policeman’s role in regards to the protection of student rights.
3. A clear directive concerning the possession of the drinking of alcoholic beverages of any kind on university property that will be applied consistently to both students and alumni.
4. These three above must all appear in the Trojan Family.
5. Establishment of a University Grievance Committee with binding authority and representation of students, faculty and administration.